Deciduous fruits, or temperate fruit crops, constitute a great section of the world fruit industry and research. The diversity and the uniqueness of the location and the climate of Taiwan enable many deciduous fruits to be economically produced in the subtropical and tropical areas. Over the years Taiwan has developed some advanced production techniques and great research potentials for deciduous fruit crops. Deciduous Fruits I provides comprehensive information on major economical deciduous fruit crops with emphasis on pome fruits, stonefruit, persimmons and some other minor deciduous fruit tree crops.